How tall is Chevy Chase ?

Chevy Chase's height is 6ft 3in (191 cm)

Peak height was 6ft 3.5in (192 cm)

American actor best known for roles in National Lampoons Vacation, Caddyshack and Spies Like us. In a 1981 edition of the NY Times he mentioned "I'm 6 feet 4." and in a Howard Stern interview talking about his early days he described himself as "Six Three and a half".

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the shredder says on 26/Feb/15
Rob , what do you guess his weight doing SNL?

[Editor Rob: maybe not over 180 anyway, he was reasonably slim, 170's zone.]

Uh oh says on 20/Feb/15
Chevy is down to the 6'2"-6'2.5" (188-190cm) range. He was barely an inch taller than Carson Daly at the SNL 40th Anniversary.

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover says on 16/Nov/14
He did look more 6ft3 flat next to Paul Simon in the music video for "You Can Call Me Al"

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover says on 10/Nov/14
He could look 6ft4 in Caddyshack and early SNL...

Rampage(-_-_-)Clover says on 28/Oct/14
Thank you, Danimal! I'm glad someone agrees with my estimates for Candy. No way under 6ft2. I can accept 6ft4 for Chase aswell. He towered over everyone in Caddyshack including Bill Murray.

Danimal says on 20/Aug/14
He was a solid 6'4" at this peak. Here he is in sandals next to minimum 6'2" (used to be listed at 6'3") John Candy who was in workman's boots in that scene. To say that he was anything under 6'4" back then in 1982 is just not right:

James B says on 23/Jul/14
Didn't look over 6'3 in national lampoons Christmas vacation

Mastro says on 17/Jul/14
He looks 1-2 " shorter than Joel McHale in Community when they spar/box in Season 2. That's a good scene because they can't do cheap height tricks.

the shredder says on 7/Jul/14
Rob , agree with others , he looks more 6'2 now , I believe his claim at peak though.

Spike says on 6/Jul/14
On Community, he consistently looks 2 inches shorter than 6'4" Joel McHale. He looks like a solid 6'2" these days.

GUK says on 27/Jun/14
He has lost height looks not much taller than 6ft 0.5 Ryan Gosling. In National Lampoons European vacation he looks no more than 2 inches taller than Eric Idle who was probably around 6ft 0.5 then. This would point to 6ft 2.5 peak 6ft 1.5 ish now. Maybe he quoted shoe height?

The Exorcist says on 17/Jun/14
He might have known what his own height was because of a measurement, but that doesn't mean he was a good judge of other people's height. John at 5'7", 9", 10"? LOL! Not exactly reliable, is it? And we know that Bill was no shorter than 6'1".

But fair play to Chevy for his honesty. He could have claimed the full 6'4" - as he could easily look that tall at times.

the shredder says on 11/Jun/14
Rob , At 6:09 on this video he tells Howard Stern , At that time I was " like 6'3 1/2 " . He was talking about A SNL fight in 1978 with Bill Murry , He even Says John was like 5 '7 and Bill like 6 " or 6'1

[Editor Rob: good, I'll put the mention at the top...understandable he rounded at times to saying 6ft 4, 6ft 3.5 always looked a better shout and there he says it.]

the shredder says on 27/May/14
Yea 6'4 and 6 '5 are nuts , he actually claimed 6'3.5 . James Avery was like 2 inches bigger

Alex 6'0 says on 25/May/14
I thought 6'4 but 6'3.5 is easily going to look 6'4 anyway. 6'3.5 makes sense since he was always an inch shorter than Randy Quiad who is 6'4.5

Sam says on 21/Apr/14
It's funny, Sigourney Weaver talking about Chase insisting that she sit down when they met for a role because he was self-consicuous about how tall she was even though he had inches over her. Certainly in Fletch movies and the Vacation movies, he didn't seem to mind being next to other tall actors.

Greyling says on 19/Apr/14
I find it hard to believe Chevy Chase was 6'4. If thats true there must be a lot of giant actors.
Fletch for example, theres a few guys in it clearly taller than him.

Lorne says on 24/Feb/14
If John Candy was really 6'2, Chase had to be around 6'4. Maybe he was 6ft3.75, and has lost an inch at age 70? I know he really doesn't look 6'3 now, but his posture has never been.very good.

Lorne says on 24/Feb/14
Rob, he is 70 years old. He has lost an inch, he isn't 6'3 anymore. And I agree, he didn't stand out the way a big 6'4 would, but he was definently over 6'3. I'd give him 6'3.5-6'3.75 peak, 189 or max 190 now.

sqrhead says on 22/Feb/14
Chase next to a Swedish 6'2" actor in 2009.Click Here

thebad7 says on 23/Jan/14
My apologies, Rob. :) I thought perhaps I could get away with it since his...ahem...occasional confrontations with people have been very well-documented over the years. It won't happen again.

tb7

[Editor Rob: you got to remember that there are other sites that allow talk about what actors get up to or personal opinions (the good, bad and ugly).

Let's try to stick with positives when we can.

Joking about things to do with height is ok, things like BieberBoard ® or Munsters.]

thebad7 says on 23/Jan/14
........... It's a shame because the man has a gift for improvisational comedy. Whatever his shortcomings, he was always tall, and he was definitely 6'4" in his prime. As others have stated, in 1983's VACATION, he only looked about 1" shorter than Randy Quaid, whom I believe to have been 6'5" in his prime. In 1994's COPS & ROBBERSONS, he is identical to Jack Palance--and Palance, whom I believe to have been 6'4" as a young man, was 74 at the time. If anything, Chase had a fraction on Palance--perhaps a 1/2" advantage.

Two little notes regarding Chase: he never had the best posture, and the years of physical comedy appear to have taken their toll. Having seen him in COMMUNITY, he doesn't tower over his co-stars the way he used to. I'd guess him to be a strong 6'2"/weak 6'3" today in 2014. He has lost a noticeable amount of height.

tb7

[Editor Rob: remember we shouldn't be trying to insult any celeb, no matter what we think, ]

James says on 5/Jan/14
In christmas vacation looked as tall as will Ferrell does in his movies like 190cm

Sam says on 12/Dec/13
He was for sure shorter than Randy Quaid in the Vacation movies, at times right around an inch difference from the looks of it. Despite being quite tall, I've read Chase gave Sigourney Weaver a hard time when she was up for a role because he was paranoid about looking tall even though he had a few inches height over her.

angeleyes says on 1/Nov/12
I think the man himself is spot on. 6'4'' seems about right. That group of comedians Ackroyd, Murray, Candy, Quaid and Chase were all really big guys. Reminds of the main cast of MASH where a lot of the stars were very tall.

Alex 6ft 0 1/8 says on 13/Oct/12
Randy Quaid was 6'5 and Chase always looked like an inch shorter. Chase was 6'4 at his peak

Van says on 8/Oct/12
Chevy Chase was at least 6'4" at his peak, maybe even a little taller. Bill Murray even said himself on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno a while back that "Chevy is about 6'4, 6'5." Now, at almost 70 years old, he's closer to 6'2 though.

Silent d says on 5/Oct/12
I still can't believe he is that tall. 6 foot 3. Deceptively tall.